Chapter 176 Elevator



So far, thankfully, even with random swapping within a floor, there hasn't been a situation where rooms on different floors are switched. For example, someone might be on the fourth floor but end up in a third-floor ward, leaving Yin Zhu completely unprepared to face an even more unfamiliar environment.

"Are you still thinking about how to leave? I think three days is enough." Grandma Yan patiently comforted Yin Zhu when she saw her thoughtful expression.

Yin Zhuxin appreciated Grandma Yan's kindness.

However, we still have to take the risks.

Yin Zhu noticed that the doctor carried a lamp when moving around in the corridor to avoid being in the dark. And when the two left room B07, the door number remained unchanged.

That lantern must be something rather special.

Speaking of which, Yin Zhu suddenly remembered a very obvious difference in rules between hospitals and nursing homes.

Nursing homes often emphasize keeping elderly residents away from flames and avoiding the placement of flammable or explosive materials, while hospitals typically lack these rules, only having:

[1. Hospital rules take precedence over nursing home rules; please stay in the hospital for at least three days.]

Hospital rules take precedence over nursing home rules.

Wouldn't that mean we could start a fire? Yin Zhu's eyes lit up at first, but then she forcibly suppressed her thoughts.

She hasn't found a way out yet, and setting a fire would only kill herself and everyone else. Playing with fire and wetting the bed is a dangerous thing, and Yin Zhu wouldn't choose this method unless absolutely necessary.

We've basically figured out the layout of the corridor; now all that's left is the elevator.

There are three rules related to the elevator: do not use the stairs, pay attention to the elevator operator, and wear gloves when pressing buttons. Following these rules, Yin Zhu began to imagine herself going to the elevator, following the elevator operator downstairs, reaching the first floor, and leaving the hospital.

This is the ideal process; in reality, there will likely be many problems.

The hospital ward had no windows, making it feel particularly stuffy. Yin Zhu didn't have the red talent to break through the wall with a single punch, so he was helpless except to complain a few times.

The think tank provided very little information about nursing homes.

After Anzhi's summary, only a few words remained, insufficient to express the breathtaking experience of that chosen one at that time.

In fact, the think tank saw a dark-skinned chosen one in the conference room—Bablu. He didn't come to the nursing home with any clues; he just stumbled in while looking for a job. As for his talent, even their country's think tank wasn't quite sure.

Many countries on the tropical continent are not very developed, and their transportation and technology are far behind those of the major powers. Even the live broadcast of strange tales was built with the help of the United Nations after the problem was discovered, in order to prevent these small countries from becoming forbidden zones by missing the opportunity to challenge.

Babulu was born in such a tropical continental country.

Like Yin Zhu, he also accompanied an elderly man into the hospital as a caregiver. At first, he simply stayed in the room for three days without leaving. During this time, he encountered many strange nurses and fake doctors, but all of them escaped unscathed.

They also encountered other people who broke into their wards and hid there, but out of their kind nature, Babulu didn't mind too much.

Three days later, the problem began to worsen.

The doctor didn't bring the food, and the sound of a baby crying could be heard continuously in the corridor.

On one occasion, a strange nurse burst in, making the sound of a baby crying, which frightened the old man so much that he immediately pressed the button to summon a doctor.

Fortunately, the buttons didn't malfunction, and the white coat with its lights on chased away the eerie creature, telling him not to worry. Before leaving, he also slipped Bablu a note, telling him, "If you're nervous, hide in the bathroom."

This was the first time in four days that the white-coated doctor, who had come over to chase away the strange behavior several times, had given him a hint.

Bablu immediately made an excuse to go to the restroom and opened the note, but it only contained one sentence: "Only one person can leave at a time."

As a chosen one after all, Bablu also thought of the significance of the lamp carried by the doctor in the nursing home. However, he was much more ruthless than Yin Zhu. He found the doctor's office directly when the corridor lights came on, kicked the door open, and took a lamp and a lighter to light it.

However, the corridor lights went out as soon as Bablu kicked the door down.

Bablu quickly turned on the light to dispel the darkness, and then he saw that there were several white coats hanging in the doctor's office. One of them, like the one worn by the doctor who helped him, also had a pen clipped to its chest.

However, all the white coats were just hanging on the wall; I didn't see any doctors wearing them.

Bablu was a little scared. Why were there no doctors in the office? Why did the doctors hang their coats in the office? The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He turned on the light, grabbed his arm, and ran out of the office, heading straight for the elevator.

In the darkness, his sixth sense told him that something wanted to approach him, but it gave up because it was afraid of the light.

Finally, Bablu successfully reached the elevator.

There was no one in the elevator.

Babulu hesitated for a moment, then randomly entered a ward and waited for a while before heading back to the elevator.

This time, there was an elevator operator in the elevator.

Everything then went surprisingly smoothly. Several people came in from other floors and then went out. After some time, the elevator operator announced, "We've reached the first floor."

Bablu, with his light on, left the elevator one after the other, along with a patient.

Strangely, the live stream camera didn't follow the elevator out; instead, it remained in elevator monitoring mode, and the elevator doors were not closed.

Then, everyone in the live stream heard Bablu shout something incomprehensible and saw him seemingly run back to the elevator door, his bloodied hands gripping the door, before being dragged away by something off-camera, his legs being pulled by the door.

"Ahhhh—"

As Bablu's screams rang out, the elevator doors slowly closed.

The camera cuts to the elevator doors, where the words "GAME OVER" appear, announcing Bablu's death and preparing to select the next chosen one from the country.

To make it easier for Yin Zhu to remember the information, An Zhi summarized all of the above into just two sentences.

The time limit is a lie; things will only get worse in the future.

The doctor's office light can dispel the darkness, but do not leave the elevator with the patient.

At this time, Yin Zhu, who had only been at the nursing home for a day, had not yet encountered such a thing, but she had already begun to have ideas about the white coats and lanterns.

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